. we're live at sfo where baggage workers' bosses say they are making a mockery out

of security. an a monster storm is overshadowing the gop convention in florida. what forecasters are saying. and community activists are, the vigil taking place tonight and the key law enforcement figure expected to attend. and developing news from san francisco. reports of a suspicious package found near pier 39. "mornings on 2" begins right now. well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's monday, august 27th. we're following developing news in san francisco. there are reports of a suspicious package near pier 39. police just confirmed to us that the package was reported near beach and powell streets just after 5:00 a.m. the bomb squad is on the scene trying to determine what's

inside. we have a crew on the way and will bring you more information as soon as it comes into the newsroom. meanwhile, imagine arbaggage screening concerns -- major baggage screening concerns. tara moriarty has more. >> reporter: good morning. those bags that you check in at the ticket counters, workers say those baggages are going on without being checked this is all according to baggage screeners who didn't want to be identified. they spoke to the san francisco "examiner" over the course of a year. six screeners allege that hun doctors of bags identified -- hundreds of bags identified make it through each day through peak times without any inspection and they say their

manager is guilty of covering it up. >> i think it's a big issue for everybody's security, especially people with kids, families, vacation-wise. i think it's something that needs to be checked on. i think any airport you go to, that should be the main priority. >> reporter: now, an sfo spokesperson shot down the allegation saying the federal tsa audits how it screens baggage. the tsa said it conducted an initial investigation and found no violation but it will be taking this seriously. now, if drew, these allegations -- true, these allegations could force other airports to look at their safety. the tsa is in charge of all but 17 airports in the united states. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. well, this morning, residents in louisiana, preparing for tropical storm isaac now surging toward the

gulf coast. >> our position right now is that we are not gonna have any shelters as a last resort. people cannot rely on the city. >> now, louisiana, alabama, mississippi, they are now under a state of emergency. isaac is expected to make landfall late tomorrow or early wednesday and wednesday is the 7th anniversary of hurricane katrina. boy, over the weekend, isaac crossed over southern florida, brought a lot of rain and heavy winds to the area, but the weather did not keep a lot of people indoors. many said the storm was not as bad as they were expecting. some flooding, some minor damage from the storm is reported in the florida keys. now, tropical storm isaac did cause the republican party to postpone the start of the national convention in tampa from today to tomorrow. coming up for you at 7:15, we'll bring you a live report from tampa on how the

republicans are scrambling to rearrange their schedule. it's been a violent year in san jose with 3 homicides reported -- 33 homicides reported. alex savidge has more. >> reporter: good morning. families who have been impacted by violence will be taking part in a prayer vigil. they will do so here outside of san jose city hall tonight. in fact, chris moore, san jose's police chief, will also be onhand for the event. the vigil is being organized by a local church and is in response to a recent rise of murders in the city. 33 homicides so far in san jose, eight in the past two weeks. police say the recent spike in killings is part of a gang war and now the city is on pace for a record-setting year. there were 39 murders during all of last year. >> save our votes! save our children -- save our streets! save our children!

>> reporter: the community, the group says, must work to reduce the violence here. they say police are only part of the solution. still, san jose's police chief is committing more resources to deal with this rise in violence. the department is dedicating a special unit of officers specifically to focus on gang crimes here. and the chief has also authorized an $800,000 increase in overtime to pay for the extra officers and their overtime in the budget. the prayer vigil will happen later tonight at 7:00 here at san jose. live in san jose, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. 7:06. san pablo police are investigating a deadly shooting. it happened yesterday around noon. police have released little information but they say the 22- year-old victim was found with the help of a shot spotter system. the man was rushed to the hospital where he died. right now, there's no word on any arrests or motive.

time now, 7:06. a driver is facing dui charges in oakland this morning after smashing no a fire hydrant causing water to shoot up into the air. there it is. this happened about 12:0 this morning at -- 12:0 this morning at 90th avenue. police say the driver left the scene and then hit an embankment right there. well, coyotes are worrying pet owners in one san jose neighborhood. on saturday, a cat was found dead on a front lawn on vanderbilt drive near forest hill elementary school. neighbors suspect a coyote killed it because coyotes have been heard howling in the area recently. some residents want those coyote the moved out of the neighborhood -- coyotes moved out of neighborhood but the department of fish and game say they can't move them unless they are sick, injured or

orphaned. a protest is planned today in san francisco as part of an etch art to save foreclosed home. it's being held by the same group of people who rallied last week to keep a san francisco homeowner from being evicted. they will be outside the pnc bank and nation star mortgage and fortress mortgage. sal has breaking news. what happened? >> we're in san francisco right now. i want to put up a map. there's police activity at the cornern of 28th and -- corner of 28th and church street in san francisco. police were looking for two people. there has apparently been some shots fired in the area. an officer's foot was hurt. he was not shot. that's what we've heard from the police. and we're also getting reports that nearby st. paul school is going to be locked down because of the police activity in the area. the police have also called in

motorcycle units to search this neighborhood for one outstanding suspect. this is in texas's knowwy valley -- san francisco's knowy valley. a police search and shots fired in knowy valley this morning. ktvu is there. we're arriving there shortly. we'll have live pictures for you from this scene. sounds like a rety serious one in knowwiy valley. the bay bridge is backed up for a medium to moderate delay, ten minutes maybe before you get into san francisco. also, 237, some slow traffic crossing 880 and heading to 101. let's go to steve. thank you, sir. a very good morning. a lot of low clouds around. although the sea breeze has tailed off here drakelyp we also have some information on tropical storm isaac. we start -- off here

dramatically. we also have some information on tropical storm isaac. we start off with a billion lit of a warmup -- with a little bit of a warmup today. 81 for livermore after yesterday's very cool 72. san jose, 71 going 79 today. i'll be honest with you, i'm a little forecast by those forecast highs. those are mine. i went with, i saw. they all bumped up the temperatures and are all consistent. isaac is getting more energid -- getting more organized. an eye is starts to form over the gulf and moving away from florida. it's still a tropical storm but it's expected to strengthen. these are the proprojected paths -- projected paths. the majority take it towards new orleans. one of them peels off towards mobile, more one even towards texas. that's where the uncertainty lies. most take it from louisiana, we'll see the mouth of the

mississippi river and the system continues to work its way into the gulf and it will strengthen here. there will be a lot of rain. that much we do know. and it might make it to a category 2 by the time it arrives. high pressure, kind of building in. look at that. less than 10 at travis on the sea breeze. it's been going from 16 down to about 8. that's a sure sign it will be warmer. 40s from santa rosa to napa, watsonville and santa cruz. a little col for some. a little -- cooler for some. i don't think too much of a change by the coast. temperatures will start to rebound after cool numbers. kind of a hint of fall in the air. 70s and 80s for some. we'll go fairfield, 81. 79 sunnyvale. 60s on the coast. 73 san mateo. probably redwood shores as well. redwood city, about 77. i think the same all the way

into wednesday. maybe a bump up for thursday and then a cooler trend for the weekend. reopening its doors, the california slaughterhouse that was forced to close due to animal cruelty charges is set to reopen. but not because it's made any animal-friendly changes. also, the american man known as "the american taliban" heads to court today and why he foals his rights are being violated. okay, here's the plan.

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well, low clouds and fog will head back to the coast. but it will be warmer inland. a lot more 7s on and 80s. a -- 70s and 80s. 7:14. the start of the republican national convention in tampa, florida has been delayed by one day because of tropical storm isaac. our reporter renee marsh is this tampa now, where the conception was supposed to start today -- convention was supposed to start today.

so what are things like that now, renee? >> reporter: it's a very gloomy day. it's a bit wet, damp. but the good news is the folks here in tampa didn't get hit as hard as they thought they were going to. they really dodged the bullet. but we're expecting that this afternoon, the rnc will convene for about ten minutes before they recess and they will be out on recess until tuesday. an uninvited guest is tretening to overshadow -- threatening to overshadow hit rom nip's big moment. >> are you concerned about the convention? it will be a great convention. >> reporter: now 2 appears isaac will -- it appears that isaac will bypass tampa. republicans worked with emergency officials in florida as they made the come to delay. >> that was their decision to make but we helped them understand the fact that high

winds could cause some bridge closures, make travel by bus difficult. in generally, we could have road flooding. >> reporter: isaac battered the southern tip of florida on sunday. today, tampa is expected to see sustained winds of 25 to 30 miles an hour and one to two inches of rain. despite the delay, the republicans believe the party's business will still get done. >> it is what it is. we're gonna tell the mott romney story. >> reporter: but tampa's mayor says going forward with the political celebration could be a tough decision. >> they have a moral dill lem mu if there's loss of life and property in new orleans? what do they do? >> reporter: most of the decision to take the stage today has been rescheduled for later in the week. all right. we want to show you a live shot right outside the convention center. this is about from hovering above there. i will tell you the big question is where are the stars

of the show? we're talking about the stars of the rnc. well, we know that governor romney, he's in his home town. reporters spotted him this morning, both the governor, and his wife, ann romney, they had just wrapped up practicing their speeches which we will hear this week, and paul ryan, he's set to make his arrival tomorrow. he was supposed to arrive today. back to you. >> thank you. all right. well, protesters are also in town for the republican national convention. and the protesters include organized lanor and occupy groups who say that mitt romney aeconomic policy would hurt -- romney's poly would hurt the 99%. -- policy would hurt the 99%. there's even a protest against dogs against romney. people say that romney hurt his dog by putting it on the roof. keep it right here.

we'll bring you coverage of the convention today and throughout the act. actor george clooney is arriving in switzerland to attend a fund-raiser for president obama's campaign. he will attend an event in geneva. reportedly, americans are flying into geneva from around the world. back in may, clooney raised almost $15 million at a fund- raiser at the actor's home in los angeles. new this morning, federal regulators say a slaughterhouse was shut down because of concerns of food safety and cruelty can now reopen. employees in hanford have been told to report to work after that announcement. the usda suspended operations of the plant after some undercover video showed animals too sick to work being beaten shock and shot. three central lawmakers asked the federal government to reopen the slaughterhouse. they cited concerns about

unemployment. well, it was a big deal when cars and cell phones were taken away from state employees. now there is a new report that is showing that thousands of dollars are being spent wipe the state brew a popular device. according to the chronicle "state agencies spent $423,000 on ipads. more than half went to agencies that report to the governor. most of them went to the department of veteran affairs. 7:19. the marin county man known as "the american taliban" is due in court today to claim the government is violating his religious rights in prison. john walker-lindh wants to be allowed to pray together with his fellow muslim inmates once a day. the federal prison in indiana where he's serving a 20-year prison only april lous praying together once a week. lindh was captured in afghanistan in 2001 while

fighting with the taliban not site of a deadly grizzly bear attack in alaska is still closed off. the bear killed the hiker in the back country of alaska's doe knollly national -- donolly national park. the rangers say the man was taking pictures of the grizzly bear when it attacked. he was 49 years old. he was visiting alaska from san diego. it is 7:20. and a foggy start to the bay area's weather this morning. the sunny skies are expected later today. meteorologist, steve paulson, is back. he will tell us about a slight warmup this week. also -- [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah, go ahead and year. the petaluma little leaguers and their families are on a flight home. the welcome that's waiting for them just a couple of hours from now. good morning, golden gate traffic looks good.

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all right. we want to check in with sal following some breaking news for us in san francisco. >> that's right. it's police activity in the noe valley between 30th and 28th on church street. this is a police search. an officer has been hurt, although he was not shot although shots were fired in this area. this happened about 25 minutes ago now when they were looking for two men with guns and the -- the information is that they may have held someone up but we're trying to confirm that. however, when the officers were chasing them, they did not stop. one person has been arrested. one person is outstanding. there's a wide search going on in the noe valley. they are up on elizabeth street. they are all over the place here. it's a good area to avoid. the j church line may be affected and also st. paul's

elementary school may be locketsed down if you have a -- locked down. if you have a child that goes there, be aware there's police activity in the area. they are looking for one tanding suspect. ktvu's tara moriarty is arriving on the scene. we'll have a live shot from the noe valley coming up soon. i also see newschopper is heading to san francisco. let's go to the bay bridge. that's backed up for a moderate delay. not all that bad. i would say this is a pretty good commute for a monday. about ten minutes waiting at the toll plaza and then you are off. we're going to san francisco now. this is a suspicious package found in the fisherman's wharf area. it's been there since about 5:00. they've called in the bomb squad. the f market line, which is impacted by this may be -- is turning around, according to muni at pier 9. they are going back from outbound to inbound. it's kind of a wide area for police to be looking for.

this is the wharf inn, one of the areas affected. it's a good area to avoid. let's go to steve. thank you, sir. we have the usual night and morning fog t will head back to the coast. it does look like a warmer pattern for inland temperatures. i don't think too much of a change here at coast and bay. a low sitting off seattle and portland. the high pressure looks like it kicks in. an update on tropical storm isaac as it starts to head into the gulf. it's going to strengthen and it's moving slowly. northwest about 14, 15 miles per hour. 350 miles per hour from the mississippi river. it will strengthen to a kat 1, maybe kat 2. the -- to a category 1, maybe a category 2. but there's a not a complete -- there's not a complete consensus on this. there's the low up there. the high moves in.

so look for the inland temperatures to jump up about 7 degrees. it will be warmer for some away from the coat a little breezy. but it's a far cry from anything we had yesterday. so 60s, 70s in the low. not much of a change. a little warmup away from the coast. no big deal. temperatures near average. but then cooler weather arrives for the upcoming weekend. 7:25. just a couple of hours from right now, the petaluma national little league team comes back to the bay area from the little league world series. they are gonna get a heroes' welcome after finishing third at the world series. >> going up the middle. >> they beat panama yesterday. 12-4. met was in the -- petaluma was in the game. they lost the game. even though they scored 10 ins in one inning to tie the tame

game -- 10 runs in one inning to tie the game. >> i'm so proud of them. >> japan! >> the team from japan won the championship game beating tennessee yesterday. the petaluma parents, kids are happy to be heading home after 26 day on the road. now, the team will be picked up in limos when they arrive at sfo later this morning. then they will get a police escort back to petaluma and on sunday, a parade honoring the team, it begins and ends at walnut park. on our channel 2 website, ktvu.com, we have a slide show of photos from the little league world series, just go to it, look under hot topics. >> we'll have coverage on this at noon and on the website as well. >> of course we will. tropical storm isaac turns to churn toward the gulf coast. how people in louisiana are preparing for the storm to hit. expect to see low-flying

helicopters flying over the bay area. we'll tell you about the research project they are involved in. plus -- more information expected to be released about the chevron -- chevron refinery fire in richmond. how you can have your questions answered this morning. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol

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it is 7:0. breaking news in san francisco -- 7:30. breaking news in san francisco.

let's go to sal where shots were foyered in noe valley. >> two suspects were allegedly robbing each other and they took an iphone or at least a couple of iphones. these are unconfirmed police reports at 29th and church near 30th and church. also the school nearby, st. paul's elementary, has been shut down. now, they did immediately arrest one suspect. one officer was hurt. he was not shot. he was hurt in the foot. the second suspect, we believed he may have just been found. they can do that thousand with iphones. they can trace the phone. they found him in a different part of the city. they are gonna do a cold show which they are gonna show this person to the victim and see if they can identify them. there was also a fun involved. this is a wide police search. tara moriarty is on the scene. she's arriving there. we're working the story. we'll let you know what's happening. this is kind unusual for noe valley, for this to be happening. the j line, we haven't heard

any -- heard any word about that being disrupted. okay. look at bomb squad vehicle here on live tv, going up to a suspicious package in san francisco's fisherman's wharf area. this package was found just after 5:00 in the morning. they've cleared out a wide area near beach and mason street. the f market line has been turned around. it's not returning through here. this is near the wharf inn. people are being kept right back of this area near that 7/11 there that a lot of the tourists use in the area. now, the robot is going towards something. so the bomb squad has arrived. we'll let you know exactly what happens and if they do, indeed, found this package to be active off inert. 7:32. back to the desk. >> all right, sal. if you happen to be -- if you happen to see a helicopter flying low over the bay area, don't be alarmed. this is research.

allie rasmus has more. >> reporter: well, good morning, dave. this is all part of a federal government study to research the amount of naturally occurring radiation in the bay area. now, researchers are gonna be using a twin engine 412 bell helicopter and hear is a helicopter fitting that description right here at the hayward airport, where we are. now, about a half-hour from now, there's supposed to be some media availability where people presumably involved in this will talk to us more about what they are doing and we'll be able to ask them and confirm if this is the helicopter they are using to do this research. the national nuclear security administration will fly helicopters with testing equipment over over oakland, san francisco and pacifica. the choppers will be flying low. just about 300 feet over the ground. so the agency is getting the word out about the project now, so people are not alarmed when they see them.

they will be flying every day this week and they will be moving in a grid pattern. the day-to-day gather will be pass aud long to local and state authorities. so if there -- passed along to local and state authorities. now, we have contacted the nuclear security administration in washington, d.c. they are one of the two agencies in charge of this research project. we've put in several requests to them to get more information about what they are doing and we are still waiting to hear back. but again, here at the hayward airport, there is supposed to be some media access an media availability for people involved in the project to find out more about it. live in hayward, ktvu channel 2 news. new information is expected to be released this moving surrounding the chevron refinery fire in richmond earlier this month. >> the city of richmond and contra costa health officials are expected to give an update on the information and where it

is headed next. the public is encouraged to attend the meeting had morning so they can ask any questions they have. 440 civic center plaza is where the meeting will be held. more than 18,000 claims have already been filed. but anyone who still wants to file a claim will have to do so by phone. chevron closed the last help center over the weekend. a class-action lawsuit is forming over the oil company and chevron has not commented on that lawsuit. the wildfire, the run that burns near redding, it may be contained sometime today. this one has burnt about 20,000 acres and is about 80% contained. it's burned about 67 homes since the fire struck. all evacuation orders and road orders have been lifted. foreclosure people were

killed after a plane crashed in lake tahoe. witnesses say they saw the plane turn and dip near highway 50. the plane is listed being ring stered to a man who went on a trip with his wife, 7-year-old -- registered to a man who went on a trip with his wife and 7- year-old daughter. everyone on board was killed. members of the japanese media are expected in san mateo for the plim hearing of a -- preliminary hearing of a vice council charged with abusing his wife. the man is accused of throwing his wife from a car, stabbing her with a screwdriver and stomping on her several times. she's expected to testify at today's hearing. on friday, defense attorneys asked for more time in the days but that request was denied. a verdict could come today in a southern california assembly man's trial on dui

charges in contra costa county. roger hernandez of west covina is accused of driving with a .08 blood alcohol left after leaving a concord bar in march. police said hernandez was driving a state-issued car when he was stopped. hernandez reportedly admitted to having two glasses of trautwein the night he was pulled over. 7:36 -- two glasses of trautwein the night he -- of wine the night he was pulled over. caltrans is crowing the -- is closing the 80 bridge between high street at 10:00 to 5:00 a.m. every night through september

19th. some lanes on 880 will close as early as 7:00 p.m. >> the dumbarton bridge will be closed this coming weekend. >> that's right. sal will tell us more about that. >> yes. right now we have to check in with sal. we have a different view of the police activity in san francisco. >> we have newschopper2 overhead of the noe valley. if you look over. you can see the police activity. we're showing you. first live pictures of this police activity. you can see it's kind of a big area. just to the left is st. paul's church. i do see that tam is standing right there -- tara moriarty is standing there of the she's arrived on the scene -- standing there. she's arrived on the scene. she's standing there. she has a good view. some of the traffic in the area has been delayed. three suspects are in custody. these are suspects with guns. i will let tara tell you a

little more about this. as you can see, this area is an area to avoid. saint palm's school may be locked down and again -- st. paul aschool may be locked down. we'll go to tara shortly. let's take a look at the westbound bay bridge. the traffic is now backed up more than it was. it was nice. but now it's backed -- barked up for a thick 25 -- backed up for a thick, 25-minute delay. we've lost sid. let's go to 280, northbound 280 in san jose. i think they will bring it up for me in just a moment. 80 and the south bay traffic has been -- 280 and the bay traffic has been okay. there is a little bit of a backup developing. 101 is also slow approaching 880. a lot going on in attacks. we'll be right back -- going on

in san francisco. we'll be right back to noe valley. let's go to steve. one low, sitting up here, the high pressure kind of building in a little bit. this will not be a huge warmup. it will get temperatures back to average. a cool pattern to the north and also some rain from our observer ronald thompson up in crescent city. there is a little bite feel to the air. cloudy, mostly cloudy, clear. the santa cruz coastline has been clear and cool with a lot of 40s. clearing, warm inland, warmer, i should say, it won't be that warm. tropical storm isaac continues to move away from florida heading into the gulf. now, still, a couple of things going on, it's getting better organized. it's still tropical storm strength. it's not hurricane strength. most signs take it right towards new orleans. we'll see it that track

continues. some peel it off fors mobile. the majority -- off to mobile. the mart jo take -- the majority take it to new orleans. it will head towards the florida panhandle, somewhere around the mouth of the mississippi river and we'll see what develops in the 24 hours if it continues to strength. 40s for some 50s for others. the pacific northwest low is keeping us from warming up too much. i think we'll see a 7-degree jump for temperatures. low clouds, sunny. it will be warm inland. breezy. gonna send it back to you. temperatures today, 60s, 70s and 80s. we're following some witness in san francisco that sal has been telling us about. shots foyered in noe valley this morning -- fired in noe valley this morning. tara moriarty just arrived on the scene. tara, what you -- ware -- what

can you tell thus. >> reporter: we're close to the scene -- what can you tell us? >> reporter: we're close to the scene. we're here at the st. paul acatholic church. the school is in lockdown. there's helicopters above us. they've been looking around this area in the breezeway, they've been looking underneath the cars here. we're not sure for what, bullet kissings or what -- casings or that sort of thing. we understand there are suspects on the loose. we understand there are two suspects they are actively looking for. sal did report that three suspects have been taken into custody. i don't know if there are five people total here. we'll have to wait to get confirmation from the san francisco police department. one officer has been hurt. they hurt their foot. but it doesn't seem there is a serious injury. we don't know if that started off as a home invasion. this is noe valley. this is a very quiet aun clave of the city. as you can see -- enclave of

the city. as you can see -- we're being told we have to push back. so we have to do that. if you have a student attending st. paul, be aware it is in lockdown. you won't be able to get into the church or out of the church for quite sometime. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we'll check back for an update. thank you. 7:42. how badly success's stock is falling -- samsung's stock is fall -- falling. [ male announcer ] sizzler's classic tri-tip

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europe over the weekend. germany's economy minister and finance minister said they did not want to give greece more time to implement the spending cuts that germany has demanded. you can see the dow is currently down 23. the nasdaq, though, is currently up 5 and one reason for that, stocks we're watching closely. apple's stock is up after the patent ruling over -- awarding apple stock over $2 billion. that stock is up 2%. the other side of the coin is what samsung's stock did knight. that -- did overnight. that stock fell 7% as investors had their first chance to react to the jury. analysts say the biggest concern is not just the $1 billion award they've been ordered to pay but the possibility that some of its products could be banned from u.s. markets. santa clara county is getting a tax the wind fill as

-- tax windfall. google leads the way in spending in personal property. the top companies spent a total of $1.1 building of computers, copiers and office furnitures. the county wide tax was up 7%. and general motors will not let president obama or mitt romney tour any of its plants until after the presidential election. the company received bailout money from the federal government and the treasury department still owns almost 1/3 of gm's stock making it the largest shareholder. but gm does not want to be used in either candidate's campaign for the white house. well, republicans have not rue leased a -- released a revised schedule for their convention in tam paul, all after -- in tampa.

alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the symbolic way they are gonna get started. >> reporter: even though most of the big events have been called off for today. there's go in be a symbolic ten- minute opening session this afternoon on the convention stage where party leaders will be unveiling this giant federal date lock. republicans are gonna try to fit most everything in over the last three days but dropping some day-time speakers, and starting the prime time lineup an hour earlier. the head of the rnc says the goals are still the same. we're still gonna prosecute the president on what he promisened aen delivered -- promised and delivered. these are some pictures that we got here this morning from our reporter in tampa from the california delegation. chris christie and meg whitman spoke to the crowd. there are about 750 delegates from california at the convention. they will going to be hearing

from john boehner tomorrow. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. all right. now, the democratic national convention is next week. that's in charlotte, north carolina. this week, president obama will campaign in three states, in iowa, colorado and virginia meeting with college students. 7:48. we're learning more about the killing of two american soldiers in afghanistan. it happened in the eastern part of the country. nato says the shoot shooting is believed to be accidental -- says the shoot something believed to be accidental. insider killing the have become a -- killings have become a growing problem. this year alone, 12 americans have been killed. there have been 33 insider attacks. last year there were 3 deaths in all of 2010 there were 20.

7:49. a congressman now requesting that astronaut neil armstrong be given a state funeral in washington, d.c. they are normally reserved for a sitting or former presidents. it's only been granted to a handful of others. neil armstrong died saturday at the age of 82. he was the first person to -- to walk on the men -- to walk on the moon. a memorial service is being hel tonight at perdue university. perdue-- is being held tonight at perdue university. the. this tsb says this plane was pushed beyond its structural limits before it crashed killing ten people in the stands, right there, and injuring 70 more. there was a loose crew that broke apart from the plane. the ntsb recommended changes for this year's race.

they want to modify and also move fuel trucks away from the race course. they also want to install more concrete barriers to protect spectators. ten minutes before 8:00, a reported lion on the loose. the large lice response in britain. plus -- changes to student enrollment at uc berkeley this year. where the university is seeing a drop in the number of students.

welcome back. 7:53. you ready for this? police in britain, they just called off a subpoena for a lion -- search for a lion reportedly on the loose. police, zoo experts, heat- seeking helicopters were out there for almost 20 hours combing. search teams couldn't find the lion and police decided they are just gonna stop looking. they now believe whatever was spotted last night was either a

very big domesticated cat or a wildcat. police say they had to take the report seriously because it was their due toy protect the public. 7:53. there's changes to student enrollment at uc berkeley this year. according to the university, the percentage of outof stated -- out-of-state freshman is down 6% compared to last year. that's the first time in three years that this went count. 7:546789 the golden state warriors have -- 7:54. the golden state warriors have released new information about their sports complex. they are now in negotiations with negotiating a deal with an ar-- in negotiatations with -- negotiations with a deal with an architectural firm. a new art installation

display at uc berkeley is bowing criticized by some. the sole grotto was made out of glass tubes for solyndra. last year, solyndra filed for bankruptcy after getting a $550 million loan from the federal government. now, bus of this, the house energy and commerce committee is calling this piece of art the most expensive piece in history. it says that display is one example of wasted tax payer money. 7:55. we want to check in with sal and take a look at the toll plaza. it has gotten pretty busy. >> that's right. we've been looking at the toll plaza. a lot of information breaking today. so bear with me. let's start off with the toll plaza. the traffic is moving along relatively well here into san francisco despite the big doe lay. there are no major problems on the bridge getting into san francisco. you will be waiting for 5 minutes. but it's very -- 25 minutes but

it's very typical. the san francisco airport is reporting about an hour and 20 minutes delay do you to fog. this will start after 8 -- due to fog. this will start after 8:00. i will let you know. let's go to the maps now. 80 westbound, very heavy traffic. this is due to early problems in berkeley. why the is a mess heading down to -- 80 is a mess heading down. 4 is slow in bay point. i want to move the maps down to hayward. we have slow traffic from 238 in pockets all the way down to fremont. we have a busy morning. let's take a look at the 280 freeway in san jose. that looks all right. let's go to steve. pretty good fog beige out there. although the sea breeze is not as big as it was yesterday. there should be warmer inland temperatures after yesterday's

readings. a couple of things going on. first of all, tropical storm moving away from florida into the open waters of the gulf. it's not getting stronger windwise but it is getting more organized and an eye is certificating to form. all signs are pointing this to new orleans. could hit category 2 or 1. it's at 65 miles an hour. 40s, 50s, near 60s. look at the low. inland temperatures signs point to a bump up today. the extended outlook, really stuck. a quiet pattern here. maybe a slight warmup away from the coast. not much of a change but it looks like another low drops in for the weekend which means cooler weather will be on tap. 7:57 worms following two breaking news -- we're following two breaking news

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welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's monday, it's august 27th. we're following breaking news in san francisco. an elementary school is on lockdown in noe valley because of police activity. ktvu atara moriarty joins us now live with an update from the scene. it looks like a lot of police tape behind you there, tara. >> reporter: that's right. we just spoke to police and they say this started off as a robbery in the taraville district. the suspects then came over here at 28th and church street. you can see the officers there. they are looking for evidence and possible weapons. if we take a look at some video i can see that there were -- you can see there were quite a few officers out here toting guns. we know that police have at least two suspects in custody. when we were closer to officers, we heard them talking

about the breezeway which connect, the church and they are searching for evidence. if we take a look at video from chopper 2, you can see this area of 28th and church streets. we're right near saint palm's catholic church. this call came in around 7:00 this morning. the shootout happened right near the church which is in lockdown but we'll told it will be open soon. we've seen some kids trying to come into class. they will have class but we're just not sure exactly when. you can see they have quite a few blocks cordoned off here as they continue to search for evidence. those -- at least two suspects that we know of in custody right now at -- at police headquarters. we're still trying to gather a bit more information and find out if anybody saw exactly what happened. but we do understand one officer was hurt. they hurt their foot. but it doesn't appear to be anything serious. so that's the good news. we're live in noe valley, tara

moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. tropical storm isaac, getting stronger as it leaves the keys and heads to the gulf coast. isaac is expected to reach category 1 hurricane strength when it makes landfall late tomorrow or early wednesday. so far more than 50,000 people in southeast louisiana have been told toth have -- have been told to evacuate. >> i would recommend to our people, let's hope and pray for the best, that you have an evacuation plane that you know where would you go. >> wednesday is the 7th anniversary of hurricane katrina. remember those pictures. >> a state of emergency has been declared in louisiana, mississippi and alabama. >> isaac is nothing to fool with. it hit parts of florida with strong winds and heavy rains. however, the wet weather was not enough to keep a lot of people inside. a lot of them said the storm was not as bad as they

connected. some flooding and some damage reported in the florida keys. and tropical storm isaac caused the republican party to postpone the start of the national convention in tampa from today to tomorrow. coming up at 8:15, we'll bring you a live report from tampa, we'll tell you how republicans are scrambling to rearrange their convention schedule. later today a prayer vigil will be held in san jose to remember the people killed in the city so far this year. ail -- alex savidge has more. >> reporter: families torn apart by violence will be taking part in the vigil. it will happen this evening right outside of the city hall. police chief chris moore will be speaking here. this a his department tries to get a handle on the recent spikes in murders.

the latest violence on thursday night, when a young man, 18 years old, was gunned down. police say this recent spike in killings was an ongoing part of the gang war. san jose is now on pace to see more homicides than it has in the past 15 years. last year there were 39 murders in all of 2011. many are outraged. >> save our streets! save our streets! save our children! >> reporter: over the weekend, the san jose-based group held a six-mile long march for peace. they say the community has to do more work to reduce the violence here and they say police are only part of the solution but san jose's police chief doing everything he can, now committing more resources to deal with this rise in violence. the department is allocating a special amount of police officers and the chief has

authorized an $800,000 increase in overtime to pay for the patrols. the prayer vigil will happen tonight at 7:00. it's organized by a local church here, star of david ministries. and it begins at 7:00 tonight. live this morning in san jose, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. san pablo police are investigating a deadly shooting. it happened yesterday around noon. police have released little information. but they say the 22-year-old victim was found with the help of a shot spotter system. the man was rushed to the hospital where he died. right now, there's no word on any arrests or a motive. coyotes have pet owners in one san jose neighborhood worried. on saturday, a cat was found dead on a front lawn on vanderbilt drive near forest hill element school. neighbors suspect a coyote killed a cat because coyotes have been heard howling in the recent area. but the department of fish and grame cannot trap and move

coyotes unless they are sick, injured or orphaned. 8:05. a protest in san francisco is planned to save closed homes. it's being held by the same group of people from keeping a san francisco homeowner from being occupied. now. , they will -- now, they will protest outside three mortgage companies. p we want to check in with sal who has been very busy tell

iting us about several breaking news stories we're following. what's going on with the suspicious package in san francisco? >> it turned out to be nothing that was that it a bomb in it. i want to show you video. let's go right to it. the package did close police to close -- did force police to close streets and also the f market line was not able to travel through the area. police used one of their robot units, kind of this thing here that you see, to check out the package. they found out it was not anything to be worried about. at least it wasn't going to blow up. they removed it. they've reopened the streets in the area. let's go to live pictures now and show you that the bay bridge is pretty backed up here. it's backed up for about a 20- minute delay.

very hick traffic out to fremont has been slow. 280 looks pretty good getting into the little. i want to throw in there are air delays expected today at the airport because of some overcast at the airport. we do have a pretty good fog bank there. the sea breeze has collapsed. it's gone from 60 miles an hour to nothing. we're just getting temperatures

back to near average. 75 yesterday in santa rosa. 79 today. livermore yesterday, cool, and we'll go 71, 79. isaac, still only tropical storm strength. about 350 miles from the gulf of the mississippi river. where it's going most forecast models, most forecasts take it right towards new orleans. some all the way to texas. there's one other one that takes it towards mobile, alabama. we'll see. the consensus is to head it towards new orleans. 50s for some. we had some 40s this morning especially down towards watsonville. and up in mendocino county. 43 degrees. there's the calm conditions in vacaville and travis, travis gone from 15 to 4. that's a good sign that the temperatures

will bump up. this low will work its way in and that will keep us from warming up too much. temperatures will come up a little bit from those low 70s to upper 70s and low to mid. a few to mid-80s. kentfield, 76. richmond, 68. 81 concord. 79 walnut creek. 81 livermore. oakland, 74 downtown. 79 to fremont, 75. 77 for pail le alto -- palo alto. it looks like a -- kind of a ho- hum stratus quo kind of pattern here. maybe a little warm up. and then cooler weather arrives for the weekend. 8:10. more earthquakes overnight in southern california just a day after more than 0 earthquakes shook the area. the -- 30 earthquakes shook the area. one of them was centered near brawley. 20 mobile homes were actually knocked off their foundations by the quake.

power was knocked out to 2500 customers. now, earthquake swarms are not unusual in the brawley area. but scientists say those quakes could continue for several more days. a tsunami warning has been canceled for parts of central america after a magnitude 7.3 quake off the coast of el salvador. it was centered near el salvador. there's no immediate report of damage or injuries from the quakes. 8:11. tropical storm isaac rains on the republicans' parade. also -- the foreign country where sloan noonny is now raising you -- where george clooney now raising money for president obama today. you'll love on a school night. are the s pillsbury crescent dogs with just a few ingredients you have an easy dinner... pillsbury crescent dogs... school night ideas made easy.

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8:14. the start of the republican national convention in tampa, florida has been delayed by one day because of tropical storm isaac. renee marsh is in tampa warp the convention was supposed to begin today. but i'm sure a lot of the politicians and reporters are finding something to do, right, renee? >> reporter: yeah, we are. we're telling you how rainy and nasty it is in tampa. that's all we've seen is a lot of rain throughout the day.

nothing dramatic like we were expecting. but later on this afternoon, the rnc will convene, for about ten minutes and then they will recess until tuesday. tampa appears to have dodged the bullet. the city hosting the republican national convention is expecting strong wind and a few inches of rain today. after battering the southern tip of florida on sunday, isaac has set its sights further west. it's expected to make landfall as a hurricane somewhere between the florida panhandle and louisiana. >> all of us have to coast in our prayers and wherever it goes, we can't just sit here and say, well, at least it didn't hit tampa. >> reporter: officials have decided to delay the convention by one day. >> that was our decision to make. but we -- we helped them understand that the high winds could cause closureses and travel by bus difficult. >> reporter: despite the delay,

the republicans believe the party's business will still get done. >> it is. we're gonna tell the mitt romney's story and prosecute the president on what he promised and what he delivered. >> they have a moral dilemma in terms of if there's loss of life and property in new orleans. what is it that they do? >> reporter: most of the speakers set to take the convention stage have been rescheduled for later in the week. and tori a live look this morning, right outside the convention center and we can tell you that mitt romney's campaign telling us just this morning that they believe that all of the -- most of the delegates, i should say, are already here in tampa, no delays or problems as far as that goes. as far as mitt romney goes, he has been practicing his speech this morning as well as his wife. she's been practicing her speech and paul ryan, he will

arrive here in tampa tomorrow. but he was supposed to be here today. back to you. >> all right. renee marsh, live for us in tampa. thank you. came delegates attending the convention will take home 2 swag bags from the convention. they will -- two swag bags from the convention. they will get another one filmed with $700 -- filled with $700 worth of freebies including a $120 credit for a line of luxury swimsuits. 8:17. protesters are in tam you for the republican -- tampa for the republican convention. >> the protesters include organized labor and occupy groups who say that mitt romney's economic policies hurt the 99%. there was even a protest by dogs against romney. people who say mitt romney mistreated his dog by putting it in a cite on the -- in a crate on the roof of his car.

stay with us. we'll have live reports today and lupeout the week. george clooney arriving in switzerland to attend a tornadoeser for president obama's reelection campaign. he will appear at an event in again neap vau. the reportedly, americans are try -- question knee vau. now, reportedly, americans are flying in. $15million was raised at a fund- raisers in clooney's home. 8:18. new this morning -- morning, federal government regulators say a slaughterhouse shut down because of food safety and cruelty did now -- can now reopen. employees at central valley meat in hanford were told to report to work after that announcement. the usda suspended operations amount the plant after undercover video that showed

animals too sick to walk were shot or too sick to eat. 8:18. the "american taliban" man is due this court today to claim the government is violenting his religious rights in prison -- violating his relidge us rights in prison. the man accused in a shooting rampage at a colorado movie theater may have threatened to kill before the massacre. prosecutors say james holmes told a classmate four months before the shooting that he would "kill people when his life was over." prosecutors say the conversation happened during a time when holmes was getting a high number of deliveries at his home and the university of

colorado. holmes was asked to leave the school after he failed a critical examination and threatened a protester. the sign of a grizzly bear attack is still closed off. that bear killed a hiker in the back country of the donnelly park. today, the,ers will retrace the hiker's step to find out what happened. then also want to alert heap in the area -- alert people in the area. they say the victim was taking pictures when the bear attack. weight visiting alas -- he was visiting from allah cass to -- from alaska to came. acording to the chronicle 432,000 was spent on ipads for the government. more than half went to state agencies that report to the

government. most went to the department of veterans affairs. all of this comes at a time when the governor is still asking state agencies to make budget cut backs. the -- cutbacks. the petaluma little leaguers and parents are pating -- are waiting for the flight to get going.

just a few hours from now, about 11:00, the petaluma little leaguers will get a heroes' welcome when they come home after finishing third at the world series. >> going up the middle. he's -- >> petaluma beat panama 12-4 yesterday in a consolation game and that's after a roller coaster final the day before. petaluma lost the game 24-16, despite scoring ten runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to tie it. but tennessee came back to tie it. petaluma bounced back to win the final game of the tournament. >> they worked so hard and sacrificed and put so much time into it. i'm just proud of them. >> japan! >> the team from japan won.

petaluma kids and parents say they are happy to be heading back to snee ma county after 26 days on the road -- sonoma county after 26 day on the road. the team will be picked up in limousines and have a police escort and then on sunday, a parade will begin and end at walnut park and we have a slide show of photos. just look under hot topics. full coverage at noon today and -- i think school has already started for them. >> yeah. >> catch their break. >> yes. >> they will never forget it. sal's gonna help you get to where you need to go. you are busy workening on something right now, aren't you, sal? >> i think there's a lot of wishful kids think the investigation is gonna go on forever and the school will be closed. a mom just tweeted me, should i bring my kids?

mom, be on stand by. tara said they are about to open the school. it may not be a free day. let's take a look at 80 as you head down westbound. the traffic is busy this morning. this is because of earlier problems on 80 and berkeley. the problems are long gone but the traffic has not recovered. bay bridge has recovered. it's backed up only to about the middle of that parking lot. not all that bad getting into the city. and the south bay, we haven't had a bad commute today on 280 on 101. as we start closing closer to labor day, some people -- getting closer to lanor day, some people will be getting ready for the last hurrah. let's go to steve. a lot of low to mid-70s on sunday. coast and bay, still dealing with the ma -- the majority of the locations on the coast still dealing with the fog. the santa cruz coastline, a lot of upper 40s an even mid-40s.

the low 40s up in mendocino county. it will be warmer inland today. temperatures, 70s and 80s away from the coast. but 60s and 70s coast bay. not much of a change. it looks like a quiet week. maybe a slight warmup for inland temperatures. but it looks like another low arrives in. 8:27. you will see helicopters flying low over the bay area starting today. how the choppers are tied to homeland security. [ taste buds ] donuts, donuts, donuts!

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welcome back. 8:29. we're still following breaking news in san francisco. several suspects have now been arrested after an incident this morning that forced an elementary school to go into lockdown. ktvu's sara tori artie is -- tara moriarty is there at the scene. you have all of the details. so what happened? >> reporter: well, the police chief just arrived about ten minutes ago. if we take a look to the left, you can see the big group of officers there. they've been searching for evidence during the past hour. this was a street robbery that started over in the taraville ocean side district at broad. let's take a look at fresh video that we just got in. we understand there could be as many as four of them. at least 2 have been taken into custody. we're not being told if there are still more outstanding. we're waiting to so an update.

the suspects came here -- to receive an update. the suspects kim here. some -- came here. some shots were fired. officer did get -- an officer did get hurt. she just twisted her ankle. she should be fine and the school kids were not let in until a few minutes ago. but they are now inside. one. items thieves -- on of the items the thieves stole was a cell phone. hopefully we'll be speaking with the chief here elementary and we'll pass along any information to you. this is noe valley. this is a very quiet sort of section of san francisco where stuff like this doesn't happen. so there is a lot of people standing around the streets scratching their heads wondering exactly what happened this morning. so hopefully we'll get more answers for you. back to you. >> thank you.

it's a site that could take some people in the bay area by surprise. allie rasmus is live to explain why a helicopter will be flying very close to the ground later today. good morning, allie rasmus. >> reporter: good morning. this is the chopper you will seeing flying at. take a good look at it. you might recognize it flying over your neighborhood. this is a twin engine 412 bell helicopter. it being used as a federal government study to measure naturally occurring radiation levels in the bay area. the chopper is park parked -- the chopper is parked at the hayward airport. this is where it will be taking off from. the national nuclear security administration are flying this chopper every day this week just00 feet off the ground over oakland -- 300 feet off the ground over oakland and san francisco. they will be measuring the

naturally occurring radiation levels in the ground. the missions manager explained to us how the data will be used. >> we're interested in preventing terrorist attacks, of course. so if we did go out and measure radiation some place, this will help us to determine in we see something that shouldn't be there, if we some radiation signature that doesn't belong. >> reporter: the flights will take place every day this week through sunday. they will be covering 69 square miles of the bay area, moving in a grid pattern. the reason why they are coming to the bay area to study and collect data on naturally occurring radiation lels, it's not because they think the bay area may be a target for a terrorist attack. they say this is because of the diverse geography in the area -- in the bay area. you have pacifica on the coast with a lot of hills and you have the dense urbeen areas. the managers here say they will be using that data to extrapolate and use that to be

used in -- to find out -- to see where else in the country they will be able to use that data as well. live in hayward, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:2. a -- 8:3. we're expecting more information about the chevron refinery fire. the update is expected from the city of concord and the -- city of richmond at the city officials. the public is encouraged to be at the meeting at 10:00 in the richmond city council chambers to ask any questions you have. that's at 420 civic center plaza if you still want to file a claim you now have to do it by phone. chevron closed down the last help center over the weekend. a class action lawsuit is forming against chevron. chevron has made no comment on possible lawsuits.

8:34. the ponderosa wildfire burning near redding may be contained sometime today. it has burned about 28,000 acres and is now 85% contained. it destroyed 52 homes since lightning sparked the fire nine days ago. all evacuation orders and road closures have been lifted in the area. but about 300 homes are still threatened. we now know more about the deadly small plane crash that killed five people yesterday in lake tahoe. witnesses heard the plane having engine trouble and then saw it turn, dip and crash near a meadow near highway 50. friends say the owner had gone on a weekend trip with his wife, 7-year-old daughter and 2 friends. police say the plane burst into flames when it crashed, starting a small brush fire. everyone on board was killed. 8:35. members of the japanese media expect in the san mateo today. it's for the preliminary hearing of a japanese vice council charged with abusing

his -- vice counsel charged with aing his wife -- with abusing his wife. she's expected to te at today's hearing. on friday, defense lawyers asked for more time in the case but that request was denied. a verdict could come today in a southern california assemblyman's trial on dui charges in contra costa county. roger hernandez of west covina was accused of driving with a .08 blood alcohol level after leaving a bar in concord back in march. now, police say hernandez was driving a state-issued car when was stopped. hernandez reportedly admitted he had 2 glasses of wine when he was -- two glass of wine when he was pulled over. the entrance to the stockton and ellis will be shut

down for the central construction project expected to open in 2019. riders will find signs directing them to the 4th and market street exit. caltrans is closing the old interstate 880 bridge at high street between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. each night through september 19th. >> some lanes on southbound i- 880 will close as early as 7:00 p.m. the state is replace ig the bridge to bring it up to current seismic standards. prices at some san francisco parking meters are going up. it will soon $5.25 an hour to park at some meters. but it depends on the time of the day. this is now the 7th adjustment. the ajustments are based on the demand, location and the time of the day. about a quarter of the city's parking meters are a part of sf park. now, the most the city will be

charged at these meters is $6 an hour unless there is a special event. all right. 8:37. we want to check in with sal, so what's happening on the roads. the bay bridge toll plaza still closed this. >> boy, we've had an eventful morning in the newsroom. a lot of stuff going on. traffic was not completely -- didn't go off the hook there. let's take a look at the toll plaza. the traffic there looks pretty good. there is a little bit of slow traffic here and there coming up to the toll plaza. that's about a 5 to 10-minute delay. there's nothing too major getting into the city. i want to show you that, the him knits freeway. look at all -- nimitz freeway. look at all of that traffic. there is an accident here. 880 northbound, another accident, noninjury accidents but the traffic has been really slow and then 80 from pinole to richmond has been having a

terrible morning. i know why that is. we had an earlier accident in berkeley. it was in a really bad spot. >> the south bay is having a pretty decent morning, 237, a little bit of slowing here approaching 880. 85, northbound at highway 17 on the shoulder. there is a noninjury accident there. let's go to steve. pretty good fog bank out there. it will be warmer inland. temperatures, the sea breeze is gone from about 16, 20 miles an hour down to zero. that's a sure sign, plus some higher elevations are running lower. still the low, off seattle and portland will pay into our weather. temperatures will start to drop again. still have a tropical storm to deal with right here in leaving florida heading into the gulf. so far the wind has not strengthened. all signs point towards this

reaching hurricane strength in the next 24 hours. right now, 65 miles an hour. about three miles from the mouth of the mississippi. it's crawling now about six, seven e-mails an hour. we'll see if it -- seven miles an hour. it will produce copious amounts of rain. once the storm surge -- the path, most have it going towards new orleans. most, most. some have it towards alabama, some towards tampa. we have some upper 40s and mid- 40s especially to the north and the santa cruz area in watsonville area. calm haven't at kak vauville -- vacaville. inland -- calm conditions at

vacaville. inland conditions, temperatures were very, very cool. we'll bump them up about 7, hib 10. maybe some of the inland locations, i doubt but i doubt -- but i doubt at the coast. 60s, 70s and 80s. low to mid-80s. that's pretty far inland. 60s and 70s closer to the bay. san jose, 79. 84 gilroy. milpitas, 80. same for woodside, portola valley, 60s on the coast and also in the city. kind of stuck. maybe a slight bump up towards thursday but then a coolern pattern right back in here for the weekend. the finals of the america's cup world series saw the hometown boats win the championship. the 2 oracle boats -- the 2 oracle boats split the championship. but the big winner may have been the city of san francisco.

150,000 people came to the butterfront to watch -- waterfront to watch world-class yacht racing. >> a lot of sports competition. but look at the people here. look at the turnout. it's been amazing. >> city leaders say the local economy got a big boost. it promisings more when the world series -- promises more when the world series returns in october as well as the america's cup finals next year. next year's the america cup gets underway september 2nd and will run through thend. the village will be at piers 30 and 32. the hayes recollections will be at -- the race headquarters will be at piers 20 and 29. and you will be able to see 2 from the shore line. >> right there. >> right there. tropical storm isaac, causing republicans major hangs in tam -- headaches in tampa

florida. the changes they've had to make because of the storm. >> we now know what caused this deadly plane crash at last year's reno's air races.

time now, 8:floor five -- 845. 8:45. let's bring you up to date on some of the top stories we're following. we're toll a police officer hurt his foot in a robbery attempt in noe valley. a suspicious package in san francisco turned out to be nothing harmful. this is downey the fisherman's wharf area -- this is down near the fisherman's wharf area. near pier 39. there was some delays on the f- line for a while. but now everything is back to normal. right now a state of emergency is in effect for louisiana, alabama and mississippi. mandatory evacuations -- mandatory evacuations are underway for thousands of

people in louisiana all because of tropical storm isaac expected to hit the area late tomorrow or early wednesday. wednesday is the 7th anniversary of hurricane katrina. 8:46. amtrak is canceling 2 days of train service because of tropical storm isaac. tomorrow and wednesday the group from los angeles to new orleans will stop in san antonio, texas, the route will end in atlanta. amtrak is also suspending part of the rail line between miami and orlando. anyone with tickets can get a refund or a voucher and some airlines also considering counseling -- canceling flights to the area as well. alison burns is in our washington, d.c. with last- minute schedule changes for the convention and what the california delegation is doing this morning. >> all right.

8:47. new this morning, a high school student in maryland has been shot on the first day of school. we're just getting this in. this happened in perry hall. that's a community near baltimore. that school has been evacuated. the student has been rushed to the hospital. police have given us no other information about the condition of the student but that's in maryland and we'll follow this for you. we're learning more about the killing of 2 american soldiers in afghanistan. it happened in the eastern part of the country. nato says the shooting is believed to be accident. the afghan soldier's weapon discharged as the soldier fell during a firefight with taliban insurgents. officials say this will not deter the mission to secure afghanistan. >> our party -- our hearts and prayers go with the families of those soldiers who have been killed today. >> this month alone, 12 americans have been killed in afghanistan. there's been 33 insider attacks

with 42 deaths so far this year. last year, there were 35 deaths and in all 2010, there were 20. a congressman now is asking that astronaut neil armstrong be given a state funeral in washington, d.c. it's normally resolved for sitting or former presidents. they've only granted a handful of others. he died saturday at the age of 82. he was the first person to walk on the moon. that's when he was the commander of well apollo 11 "in 1969 -- of" apollo 11 "in 1969. . well, a structural failure is being blamed now for the deadly plane crash at last year's reno air races. the ntsb said this morning that the highly modified plane was pushed beyond its structural limits before it crashed killing ten people in the stands and injuring 70 more. right there. a loose screw apparently broke

loose from that plane. the ntsb is also recommending changes for this year's race set for september 12th. and they want to modify and move fuel trucks away from the race course and they want to install more concrete barriers in an effort to protect spectators. tropical storm isaac is causing problems for the republican convention, as i mentioned earlier and alison burns joins us now from our washington, d.c. newsroom with some last-minute changes and what the california delegation is doing this morning. good morning, alison. >> reporter: most of the official events have been cancelled for today. there will be a symbolic ten- minute opening session this afternoon but mitt romney is still sounding very optimistic about how it's all going to turn out. >> it will be a great convention. >> reporter: as romney worked on his convention speech in new hampshire on sunday, schedulers in tampa scramblessed to reorganize the rundown. there are about 150 delegates

attending off-site events with chris christie and meg whitman. >> we'll still prosecute the president on what he promised what he delivered and why we think we need to save the country and put mitt romney in the white house. >> reporter: the white house is fighting back accusing mitt romney of reinventing himself after the tough primary. >> in august 30th, mitt romney stars in "the do-over." joe biden has canceled his plan to campaign in florida this week. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. 8:51. happening right now -- fire crews in atlanta investigating a fire at tyler perry movie studios. look at this live picture. this is the damage at tyler perry's movie studios construction material caught on fire. we haven't heard of injuries. this is ironic because this is the second fire at tyler perry

studios in the past couple of months. back in may, there was another fire. it damaged a sound stage there. but you are looking at live pictures of atlanta, another fire, a second one in the last months -- in the last few months. >> it's fortunate new york was hurt. >> yes. breaking news we've been following for the past 2 hours. an officer-involved shooting in noe valley. san francisco's police chief is on the scene. and sal will tell us how things are moving near the bay bridge when we come bang on this monday morning. monday-- when we come back on this monday morning. sh ?????b??? ???c??@?????c:ow

we're following breaking news in san francisco. the police chief has just arrived on the scene, where several people were arrested in noe valley. it forced the lockdown of an elementary school. ktvu's tara moriarty is live, once against, to let us know -- once again, to let us know what's happening now. >> reporter: well, the police chief just spoke. he's standing over on the corner right now. he just dave us a brief update about what happened. police are searching for -- he just gave us a brief update about what happened. police are searching for possible bullet caseing. a neighbor heard a -- casings. a neighbor heard a female officer yell stop. this is a -- this is a street robbery that started in the ocean side district. we believe there may have been as many as four suspects that

we have video in of -- we have video in of one of them. police say someone stole a cell phone at gunpoint and then officers traced that cell phone to the ball bowa b.a.r.t. station -- balboa b.a.r.t. station. now, we're experiencing some technical difficulties here. but what happened here, they ended up here at the corner of 28th and church streets. and the officer, there is a female officer who had a confrontation with one of those suspects and we understand that she yelled stop. he did not, he proceeded to go over a fence. she feared for her life. she shot at him. no one was hurt. but there is an accident taking place. we understand there were more suspects and they ended up -- their cell phone was trace to a location in the inner sunset district on 8th and lawton. one suspect was found in the car, -- the other one was found in the -- in the car, the other

was found in the trunk. it appears they had several cell phones in there. the school here was in lockdown. but it's not any longer. the students have been allowed to get in. that's the good news. everything is returning to normal but they have a couple of suspects in custody. we're waiting to learn a little bit more information. but it seems like this case is more on its way to getting wrapped up here over in noe valley. we're live this san bernardino- - san francisco, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. a vigil will be held tonight in san jose to remember those people killed in that recent spike of violence in san jose. police are investigating the threw 3rd homicide in the city -- the 33rd homicide in the city. the vigil will be at 7:00 right outside of san jose city hall. quickry to -- quickly to sal. busy morning. >> yeah. there is a new crash in san francisco, tori and dave, northbound 280 at ceaser chavez

on the maps. use 101 instead of 280. there's the map at the toll plaza, it's light. there are no problems this morning in san jose along northbound 280. let's go to steve. well, a little warmer inland. temperatures there, 70s there. we'll see more low to mid-80s. coast and bay, not much of a change. >> and good to have you back. >> thank you, sir. good to be back. >> that's our report. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we will see you the next time news breaks. >> thanks for watching. hello?

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